While the two of them were laughing and flirting, Mother Lu wasn't having such an easy time.
After leaving the beauty salon and getting into the car, she immediately picked up her phone and started searching online for news about various internet celebrities.
She didn't know how bad it was until she started searching, and her entire worldview was shattered.
To gain traffic, these internet celebrities would go to any lengths.
Plastic surgery, cheating, divorce, getting back together after divorce – these were all routine.
There were countless examples of using their online celebrity status to approach various high-quality men, engaging in transactions with the top patrons in their live streams.
There was even one incident that internet celebrities hailed as a classic success story and constantly promoted.
A woman, after attaching herself to a top rich second-generation from Shangcheng, secretly went to America to give birth to a son after their breakup, and later returned to the country to claim kinship.
The man wouldn't marry her, but to prevent the child from suffering, he still provided a breakup fee of sixty million.
Sixty million might be a drop in the bucket among the wealthy, but for people like them, it was an amount they couldn't earn in two lifetimes.
This clearly showed how clear the intentions of these internet celebrities were!
Lu Mingzhe was, after all, a young man who had heard plenty of such things. Moreover, working in the psychology field, he should have been able to see through these vixen-like women clearly. How could he make such a low-level mistake!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Upon returning home, she began to thoroughly investigate Xiang Wan again.
She thought Xiang Wan had packaged herself so well, blinding Lu Mingzhe with her glamorous appearance. But in reality, she was just like that.
A 30-year-old woman, with a high school education from a small county.
She had climbed her way up to today, stepping on countless men's shoulders. She had some fans, but she was still just a streamer for a low-end brand.
She was so unfitting for society, yet Lu Mingzhe divorced Jiaojiao for her?
If Father Lu knew that Lu Mingzhe was so rebellious and brought such disgrace to the family, he would surely have his old ailments flare up!
Therefore, before the matter escalated and Lu Mingzhe dared to tell the family, she had to act quickly.
Finding the address of Xiang Wan's studio was quite easy.
The next day, after lunch, she sent the driver to buy water and sat in the car, calling Xiang Wan.
Upon receiving the call, Xiang Wan was a little perplexed.
"May I ask who you are?"
"Is this Xiang Wan? I'm downstairs at your studio. Can you come down to talk?"
Xiang Wan walked to the window and glanced downstairs, still feeling confused.
"May I ask who you are? Do we know each other?"
"You'll know when you come down. I have limited time and even less patience. Don't force me to come up. Once I'm up there, things will get difficult to handle."
Xiang Wan, still bewildered, went downstairs.
The live stream was promoting a batch of autumn wear, fresh and new spring styles.
A long knit camisole dress, paired with various light-colored cardigans.
Xiang Wan had just finished filming a video and returned. She didn't have time to change and hurried down like this.
Mother Lu, sitting in the car, saw a woman with heavy makeup and wearing cheap clothes emerge.
As she walked, she looked around, guessed it was her, and rolled down the car window.
It was a well-maintained, elegantly dressed wealthy lady.
Xiang Wan became even more confused and walked closer to the car.
"Do we know each other? What do you want with me?"
"Get in the car. Let's talk while sitting."
Mother Lu exuded a faint, elegant fragrance. Her clothes were designer, paired with high-end luxury jewelry.
As Xiang Wan sat next to her, she felt a sense of inferiority.
The clothes she sold were targeted at ordinary working-class women, costing only 138 yuan per set…
Looking at the steering wheel again, a Rolls-Royce. The woman's features also bore some resemblance to Lu Mingzhe.
Even if she were slower to catch on, she understood about seventy to eighty percent by now.
"I am Lu Mingzhe's mother."
Since she had come to find her, Mother Lu had no intention of beating around the bush. She spoke directly.
"I heard my son divorced his wife because of you, and that you're pregnant. Is that true?"
To look good in photos, Xiang Wan had put on heels – thin and high, cheap heels purely to elongate her figure.
Mother Lu glanced at her face, then her feet.
She showed undisguised disdain.
"With all that heavy makeup, the dress, and the heels, you don't look pregnant at all."
She hadn't expected to meet his mother so soon, and under such circumstances.
Xiang Wan felt a little flustered.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't prepare myself properly…"
Her words were cut off by Mother Lu before she could finish.
"No need to prepare. Some people are inherently unrefined. No matter how much you tidy them up or what beautiful things you use to package them, I can see their true nature at a glance."
It seemed Mother Lu had already investigated her and wasn't very satisfied.
Look at her attitude in speaking. It was nothing like a mother-in-law to a daughter-in-law; she was entirely an enemy.
Xiang Wan had originally wanted to have a good conversation with her, but everyone had a temper.
"Auntie, what do you mean by that?"
"Am I not expressing myself clearly enough? It seems I've been too polite with you."
Mother Lu was aggressive.
"Miss Xiang, as far as I know, you're already 30 years old. Having lived this long and experienced so much, you must see men more clearly than I do."
"Mingzhe is just playing with you, he's not serious. You must know that, right?"
Xiang Wan knew that given her background and current profession, matching a family like Lu Mingzhe's would definitely not be smooth sailing.
But she hadn't expected the encounter to be so awkward from the start.
She tried her best to appear calm on the surface.
"So, did Lu Mingzhe send you to find me?"
"Don't try to block me with that. I told you, men are like that, and my son is no exception."
"He's fickle, likes new things, and will say anything in bed just to have fun."
"But that was only in the specific context of the moment, a moment of excitement, speaking words that weren't meant. If you take it seriously, you're too naive."
These words truly left Xiang Wan speechless.
The wife of a dignified cadre, with such a warped outlook on life.
She had wanted to get angry, but hearing these fallacies, she only felt pity for how confined Mother Lu was by her feudalistic thinking, and her own heart grew calm.
Mother Lu, thinking she was making perfect sense, sat up straight with an air of elegance.
"Regarding your profession, I know a little about it. You have your own operating rules, and everyone needs to survive, so I won't comment."
"But not commenting doesn't mean I can accept it. I'm telling you frankly, people of your kind will never enter our family."
"This world lacks many things, but it never lacks pure and innocent girls. Mingzhe will meet many more people who will make his heart flutter in the future…"
"I think there's no need for us to continue this conversation."
Xiang Wan interrupted her.
She had already clearly understood Mother Lu's intentions. Their ideas were not on the same wavelength, and continuing the conversation would only provoke the other party, serving no purpose.
"Mrs. Lu, this is just your personal opinion and does not represent Lu Mingzhe."